LSU, Louisiana-Lafayette selected as regional sites

OMAHA, Neb. — SEC tournament champion LSU and Sun Belt regular[-season and tournament champion Louisiana-Lafayette are among the 16 hosts for regionals in the NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

The Associated Press

OMAHA, Neb. — SEC tournament champion LSU and Sun Belt regular[-season and tournament champion Louisiana-Lafayette are among the 16 hosts for regionals in the NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

LSU is one of five SEC teams selected as a regional host site. Others are regular-season champion Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina and Vanderbilt.

The 16 regional hosts announced Sunday night are guaranteed spots in the 64-team NCAA tournament. The rest of the field will be announced Monday.

The four-team, double-elimination regionals start Friday. Regional winners advance to the best-of-three super regionals the following week. The remaining eight teams will play in the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, beginning June 14.